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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1961
Page
3
The first roving missile carrier for a Minuteman ICBM is unveiled at American Car and Foundry Berwick plant. The 88 foot rail car uses three way stretch cushioning, a flame deflector and jacks for stable firing on rails as part of a plan to place about 150 such cars by 1963 with hundreds more in fixed sites.
The Associated Press reports at least nine fatalities from violence across North Carolina over the weekend. Among the dead: a 3 year old and 2 year old suffocated in a Winston Salem housing project after their mother allegedly dropped hot coals on a mattress. A 74 year old man, Mark W. Constance, was shot in Polk County. his brother Volney was arrested in Columbia, South Carolina. A Nash County crash killed Herman Harold Hunt and his wife and child. Others include John Hill, Emmett Willard, and Calvin McGrant.
An Enid Lions Club project completed last year constructed a lion cage in the city park, reflecting community fundraising and civic improvement efforts.
Huntsville Circuit Solicitor Macon Weaver says Isham D. Hobbs lived in Asheville, North Carolina for at least two years after the 1944 murder of Mrs. Margaret Thornton Fleming. Hobbs, 43, is jailed for the May 5, 1944 killing and was arrested in Florida last November after a suicide attempt. He is expected to be transferred to Alabama authorities soon.
The Committee of One Million reports that a majority of both houses signed a statement opposing U S recognition or seating Red China in the United Nations. Endorsers include 54 senators and 285 representatives, with a Democrat Republican split, and Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs committee majorities among signers.
KANSAS CITY MO AP Thomas O Williams 60 Har rison Ark was killed Sunday when his car exploded in a parking lot Police Capt George Owen said it appeared he caused his own death Williams a contractor and his wife Fay 43 traveled to the area on business police found a wire in his right hand near the blast indicating a detonating mechanism
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